Reed was among 35 mayors in large and interested American cities that the U.S. Olympic Committee sent letters to on Tuesday -- including San Francisco and Sacramento -- to gauge interest in bidding for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games.

I live in this city and think that my city needs to get its budget & other problems in order before it's able to host the Olympics. Otherwise events like the Olympics go to the big boys, San Francisco and Oakland. San Jose at least gets the NCAA basketball tournament!

3. Would not break my heart if the Olympics were never held in the USA again.

5. I'm not a huge fan of the Olympics

I watch some of it, but the Summer games make me antsy because they always fall on our presidential election year. South Korea is hosting the winter games in 5 years and we plan to travel across the country to go to one event if possible.

4. I don't think most US cities can afford to host the US Olympic Games

Budgets are tight and the economy is only starting to pick up. I don't think the US will get the games in 2024. Maybe 15 years down the line in 2028. The last time we hosted the Summer Olympics was 1996 and the Winter Olympics in 2002.